Sharif to empower Islamabad’s first elected mayor

Islamabad,Feb.16(ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has vowed to empower the local government of the federal capital in the interest of common citizens after a Pakistan Muslim League- Nawaz(PML-N) candidate was elected as first-ever mayor of Islamabad.

The Dawn reported that Sharif while addressing PML-N workers in Bahawalpur said that he has a lot of expectations from newly elected local government officials and hoped they would address the issues of the common people.

Sharif claimed that he had never lied to the people of Pakistan despite being advised to do so in tough times.

He also lashed out at previous governments for worsening the country’s severe electricity crisis.

The Pakistan Premier also questioned the implementation of a seven-point agenda propagated by the regime of former military dictator General (retd) Pervez Musharraf.(ANI)